2. AARP has a theory about Texas’ high electricity prices, and deregulation is only partly to blame, Elizabeth Souder tells us. The group thinks bills in the Texas Legislature would help, but those haven’t been voted out of committee.

3. The city of Fort Worth has failed to collect $167 million in traffic fines during the last five years, the Star-Telegram reports, and some may have to be written off. I’m always scared my permanent record will be ruined if I don’t pay. Silly me.